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A Charge ‘Q’ is Placed at the Centre of a Cube of Side L. What is the Electric Flux Passing Through Each Face of the Cube?

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A charge ‘q’ is placed at the centre of a cube of side l. What is the electric flux passing through each face of the cube?

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Solution

By using Gauss’s Law.

It is given as

`Phi = oint vecE*dvecs = q/in_0`

Now, the flux passing through all the six surfaces would be

`Phi = 6phi =q/in_0`

And the flux passing through each surface would be

`phi = q/(6in_0)`

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